Demosthenes Konstandies Andrecopoulos (October 17, 1924 – October 22, 2003) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics He was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1962 to 1964 and Oregon State University from 1965 to 1975, compiling a career record of A native of Oklahoma and a World War II veteran, Andros played college football as a guard at the University of Oklahoma. After retiring from coaching, he was the athletic director at Oregon State from 1976 to 1985. Early life, military service, and playing career Born Demosthenes Konstandies Andrikopoulos in Oklahoma City, Andros was the second of three sons of a Greek immigrant father. He graduated from Oklahoma City's Central High School in 1942, and then enlisted in the military at age seventeen during World War II. Andros served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps; a cook, he picked up a rifle and was awarded the Bronze Star and spent more than a month under heavy fire on the island of Iwo Jima in 1945. He was present at the famed moment when six Marines raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi. Andros played college football at Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949, under hall of fame head coach Bud Wilkinson. He was selected in the 14th round (177th overall) by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1950 NFL draft. Dee's older brother Plato was an All-American in 1946 at Oklahoma and played four years in the NFL for the Cardinals. His younger brother Gus (Dick) was a ballet dancer and choreographer. Coaching career Andros' coaching career included stops as an assistant at Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Tech, Nebraska, California, and Illinois. His bowl games as an assistant were the Sun Bowl in January 1956 with Texas Tech and the Rose Bowl in January 1959 with California. Idaho Andros became a head coach at age 37 at Idaho in February 1962. He took over in Moscow for Skip Stahley, who stepped down after eight seasons and remained as athletic director. Andros' starting annual salary was just under The 1962 team was 2–6–1, but the following year he led Idaho to its first winning season (5–4) in a quarter century. The tenth and final game in 1963 at Arizona State on November 23 was canceled, following the assassination of President Kennedy. The Vandals won their opener in 1964, but then lost four straight, the latter two were